The Founders of UCA have acknowledged from the outset that the fundamental philosophies of the company would be fixed on a consistent underlying purpose:
UCA will serve to be the an effective change agent that will cause U.S. healthcare system to advance beyond local and regional service models to a national platform by streamlining the delivery of and access to high quality urgent care services while simultaneously assuring the independence and creativity of the providers that deliver it.
Patients across the U.S. have shown a keen desire for more accessible and cost effective health care. To facilitate this, UCA uses technology and ingenuity to better connect existing urgent care centers to provide high quality and high value healthcare that is truly accessible to patients in a way that is unique. This can only be accomplished through a team approach. This team approach stretches beyond the traditional employee/employer concept. Physician entrepreneurs that operate their own urgent care centers team together with UCA at the pivot position to create a complete primary care service model. This is not a commitment that is taken lightly by UCA leadership.
In furtherance of this philosophy, UCA has defined the following objectives:
- Advance the quality and connectivity of vital resources that make up the U.S. healthcare system and specifically selected urgent care centers that meet the published standards.
- Provide outstanding services to affiliate urgent care centers in the form of technology, connectivity, support services and network development.
- Provide employees with a satisfying and rewarding work environment.
- Provide an attractive return on investment to those who are investors in UCA.